,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #fii  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,november #ad1      
#bjai,mr4 ,burchett submitted the       
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs 
,,resolution  ,celebrating the #ajjth   
anniversary of diplomatic relations     
between the ,united ,states and ,poland4
  ,whereas #bjai marks the #ajjth       
anniversary of diplomatic relations     
between the ,united ,states and ,poland2
 ,whereas ,poland is a strong ally of   
the ,united ,states on issues involving 
freedom and liberty2 ,whereas over #aj  
million ,united ,states citizens are of 
,polish-,american ancestry2 ,whereas the
 ,united ,states1 in its own war for    
independence1 was assisted by two       
,polish leaders1 ,casimir ,pulaski and  
,tadeusz ,kosciuszko2 ,whereas ,pulaski 
died fighting for ,united ,states       
independence while ,kosciuszko1 an      
engineer1 was instrumental in helping   
,george ,washington win the ,battle of  

,saratoga and became known as the father
 of ,west ,point1 the ,united ,states   
,military ,academy2 ,whereas the ,united
 ,states recognizes that during the past
 #ajj years of diplomatic relations1    
,poland was free for only #ej years1    
from #aiai to #aici and from #aihi to   
present2 ,whereas the ,united ,states   
always maintained diplomatic ties       
between our two nations during the past 
#ajj years despite challenging political
 circumstances in ,poland1 even moving  
the ,united ,states embassy to ,london  
during ,world ,war ,,ii2 ,whereas many  
,poles gave their lives fighting for the
 ,allies during ,world ,war ,,ii2       
,whereas1 in #aihi1 during the cold war 
and as ,poland was transitioning from   
,soviet rule1 freedom leader ,lech      
,walesa addressed the ,united ,states   
,congress2 ,whereas ,poland is one of   
only seven ,north ,atlantic ,treaty     
,organization 7,,nato7 member states to 
meet their two percent gross domestic   
product defense spending requirement2   

,whereas ,poland deployed large numbers 
of members of its armed forces to the   
international coalition in ,iraq and to 
the ,,nato forces in ,afghanistan2 and  
,whereas ,poland remains a strong ally  
to the ,united ,states3 ,now1 therefore1
 be it ,that the ,house of              
,representatives--  7#a7 celebrates the 
#ajjth anniversary of diplomatic        
relations between the ,united ,states   
and ,poland2  7#b7 honors the service of
 the ,poles who fought during ,world    
,war ,,ii1 ,afghanistan1 and ,iraq1     
including those who gave their lives2   
and  7#c7 honors the contributions by   
,polish ,americans to the ,united       
,states4